It was one of those situations the silent...

CASE CLOSED.

April 6, 1989

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — CASE CLOSED. It was one of those situations the silent movies thrived on. Something happens, provoking a reaction, provoking a counterreaction and so on. Last June, George Morgenstern was given a parking ticket. He wrote an obscenity on the ticket and sent it in along with the $12 fee. Lester Rhoden Jr., supervisor of the Parking Violations Bureau, filed a second-degree harassment charge against Morgenstern. It was dismissed in August. Morgenstern then filed a $1.8 million damage suit in federal court, claiming his right of free speech had been violated. That legal action has been settled out of court. Morgenstern will get $7,380 from the city to cover his legal fees. And he will get a letter of apology. From Lester Rhoden Jr.